(CNN) -- Doc Watson, the bluegrass music legend from Appalachia who was renowned for his flatpicking and fingerstyle technique on the acoustic guitar, died Tuesday at a hospital in North Carolina, according to Mary Katherine Aldin of Folklore Productions, which represented the singer. He was 89. 

Watson, a Grammy winning musician who was blinded after birth, had been struggling to recover from May 24 colon surgery and then a followup procedure two days later. The Winston-Salem Journal had reported that Watson's family was called to his bedside Sunday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after he took a turn for the worse. 

The website of Folklore Productions, which is run by the singer's representative, Mitch Greenhill, had been providing updates on his difficult recovery. 

Watson, who jumped onto the music scene in the early 1960s, is considered influential among folk musicians for his brand of bluegrass, blues, country and gospel music. He won seven Grammy awards and, in 2004, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2010. 

"Watson's immense talent and spirit will be deeply missed, and our sincerest sympathies go out to his family, friends and all who were inspired by his music," said a statement from Neil Portnow, president/CEO of The Recording Academy, which awards the Grammys. 

Watson, whose mother sang around the house and whose father was a banjo player and vocalist who led the singing at their Baptist church, was a fingerstyle player who used a thumbpick for bass and a fingerpick for the treble strings -- a "two-finger" style that was self-taught.  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is the subject of the story?
2. When did come to prominence in the music business?
3. How old was he?
4. Did he die at home?
5. Where was he?
6. Who was with him when he passed?
7. What website has been used to provide updates on Docs condition?
8. Who represents the recording artist?
9. What instrument did he play?
10. Did he win any awards?
11. How many?
12. Any other accolades?
13. What was his greatest one?
14. Who inducted him into their Hall of Fame?
15. What year?
16. What caused his death?
17. Was he blind?
18. What genre of music did he play?
19. Where was he from?
20. What style was self-learned?
Answer: 1. Doc Watson
2. in the early 1960s
3. 89
4. No
5. at a hospital
6. his family
7. The website of Folklore Productions
8. Folklore Productions
9. acoustic guitar
10. Yes
11. Seven
12. Yes
13. unknown
14. North Carolina Music Hall of Fame
15. 2010
16. colon surgery
17. Yes
18. bluegrass
19. Appalachia
20. a "two-finger" style

CHAPTER TWELVE. 

THE DARKEST HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN. 

Many months passed away, during which Andrew Black, clean-shaved, brushed-up, and converted into a very respectable, ordinary-looking artisan, carried on the trade of a turner, in an underground cellar in one of the most populous parts of the Cowgate. Lost in the crowd was his idea of security. And he was not far wrong. His cellar had a way of escape through a back door. Its grated window, under the level of the street, admitted light to his whirling lathe, but, aided by dirt on the glass, it baffled the gaze of the curious. 

His evenings were spent in Candlemaker Row, where, seated by the window with his mother, Mrs. Wallace, and the two girls, he smoked his pipe and commented on Scotland's woes while gazing across the tombs at the glow in the western sky. Ramblin' Peter--no longer a beardless boy, but a fairly well-grown and good-looking youth--was a constant visitor at the Row. Aggie Wilson had taught him the use of his tongue, but Peter was not the man to use it in idle flirtation--nor Aggie the girl to listen if he had done so. They had both seen too much of the stern side of life to condescend on trifling. 

Once, by a superhuman effort, and with an alarming flush of the countenance, Peter succeeded in stammering a declaration of his sentiments. Aggie, with flaming cheeks and downcast eyes, accepted the declaration, and the matter was settled; that was all, for the subject had rushed upon both of them, as it were, unexpectedly, and as they were in the public street at the time and the hour was noon, further demonstration might have been awkward.  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. was he completely wrong?
2. who was clean shaved?
3. what was his occupation
4. where?
5. where was his cellar?
6. did he have an escape in his cellar?
7. what did he do at night?
8. was the glass clean?
9. what was on it?
10. who was at the window?
11. what is his mother name?
12. who else was at the window?
13. did peter have a beard?
14. was he a young boy?
Answer: 1. No
2. Andrew Black
3. artisan
4. Cowgate.
5. underground
6. Yes
7. smoked his pipe
8. No
9. dirt
10. his mother
11. Mrs. Wallace
12. two girls
13. Yes
14. a youth

(CNN)Charles Koch, the billionaire GOP donor whose money plays a big role in shaping Republican campaign efforts, said he plans to make criminal justice reform a priority of his as the country heads into the next presidential election. 

"Over the next year, we are going to be pushing the issues key to this, which need a lot of work in this country," Koch, a Kansas native, told the Wichita Eagle in a story published this weekend. "And that would be freedom of speech, cronyism and how that relates to opportunities for the disadvantaged." 

Koch's comments might come as good news to Sen. Rand Paul, who's made sentencing reform a major part of his agenda while he tries to appeal to nontraditional GOP voters ahead of a likely presidential bid. 

Gov. Chris Christie, who's set to make his 2016 decision in the coming months, has been active in pushing for bail reform in New Jersey. And other prospective Republican 2016 candidates -- including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas — have been supportive of sentencing reform for nonviolent drug offenders. 

Following the 2012 presidential loss, in which Republican nominee Mitt Romney won only 6% support among African Americans and 27% among Latinos, Republicans have been more vocal about making changes to the criminal justice system for nonviolent offenders -- an issue that resonates deeply within minority communities. 

Koch, according to the Kansas newspaper, said the criminal justice system needs reform "especially for the disadvantaged" as well as changes to make it "fair" and to make "sentences more appropriate to the crime that has been committed."  What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is a major GOP contributer?
2. What party is he involved with?
3. What is reform is a critical part of his plan?
4. Where is he from?
5. What does he believe relates to chances for the disadvantaged?
6. Who did he say this to?
7. Would this be appealing to anyone else in politics?
8. Can you think of anyone specific?
9. And what is his position in the political world?
10. Who has been trying to work toward bail reform?
11. Where?
Answer:
1. Charles Koch
2. the GOP
3. criminal justice
4. Kansas
5. freedom of speech, and cronyism
6. the Wichita Eagle
7. Yes
8. Rand Paul
9. Senator
10. Chris Christie
11. New Jersey